Showing posts with label Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Projects. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Laundry Room Re-Do - Before and After

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I've painted, cleaned and it's DONE

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Our little condo has a closet for the Laundry Room and I just didn't like it, plus I couldn't reach the shelf without being on my tip toes !

laundry room closet redo
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before and after of a laundry room closetbefore and after of a laundry room closet
 I moved everything out of our little kitchen dining area,
 we don't use it. Than went to Lowe's Want to see a grown man shiver in his work boots ?
Walk into Lowe's with a yellow legal pad, tape measure and pictures from pinterest ! ! ! Yes, it was a metal tape measure not cloth, I've learned, they will laugh out loud at you, I know I did it....once.

  before and after of a laundry room closet

My drying time was less with the cabinets in the air conditioning, in the garage and in Florida, it would have taken quite a bit longer for them to dry. 
 This is 3 coats of the Valspar Latex Enamel Paint

white nylon paint brushes
Trick ONEI get the better brushes HERE, NOT the cheap ones from Lowe's.
They wash great and no hairs come out like the other ones !
brown paper sack as sand paper 
Trick TWO is a BROWN paper sack, paper is the finest sand paper. BUT, it must be a BROWN sack. The only one I had in the house was from a little quilt shop in McKinney, TX, Stitched with Love, their site.  Cut the sack open and I like to fold it in and use just as sand paper, it makes the paint and wood soft ! 
 painted kitchen cabinets

This is the "BEFORE" of the closet

Everything out ! CLEANED and Taped walls
How often do you move your washer and dryer?
I'm going to have to do it more often...it's been 5 years for me. And, from the looks of it, too LONG !
LOVE the Blue 
laundry room closet
First Cabinet up ! 
laundry room closet

This is the "AFTER" I love it. Besides time this was not that expensive of a project, cabinets and paint about 150 dollars, 
I like !  
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Our little condo kitchen
Paint I used from Lowe's
Paint Color tag Crystal Aqua




Condo Back Door 

I'm have so many idea's yet to do ! 

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

How to Make a Small Ironing Board

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 I saw this ironing table on pinterest, my pinterest page if you'd like to follow me HERE 

This was very easy ! 


iron board from a tv tray how too

I purchased a 9.00 wooden TV tray

iron board from a tv tray

Took batting, the kind that is used for hot pads, I used 2 layers and an old bath towel folded in half, but you could use just about anything for your top.

how to make an iron board from a tv tray

The table was VERY hard and Husband helped me stable it all around the outside edge.


iron board from a tv tray how to

A great pinterest project ! I'm getting my sewing room just like "I" like !



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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Tutorial How to Paint a Barn Quilt

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Well, my barn quilts have become smaller, I really missed having them.

So, I made them Condo size 12" x 12"
QUILT Patterns too !
SEE it HERE

barn quilt tutorial
Finished Barn Quilt

How I did my small barn quilts

how to make a barn quilt

Pencil design on 

tutorial of how to make a barn quilt

Paint time


how to make a barn quilt

Outlines
I used paint pens, they are like markers.
They don't have a lot in them, I used 1 1/2 pens 
per barn quilt. 
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painting a smaller barn quilt

LOTS of pretty painted fabric

painting a barn quilt

And Quilt Lines

painting a barn quilt

I can NEVER do one of anything

how to make a barn quilt

LOT's of coat of varnish, satin in the type I like
and lot's of drying time. Quilt Pattern of these blocks are HERE

making barn quilts



barn quilt

Finished Barn Quilt


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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Making a Red and White. This Quilt is about ME !

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I'm home and having a time adjusting to being back in Nebraska.
This trip to Florida was wonderful 
and a bit life changing. I'll share more about that later 


I've started a new project, and it's all about ME !
RED and WHITE Quilt 
Complete Pattern is HERE for you

Making a Red and White Quilt for myself

Went through the boxes of red

Making a Red and White Quilt for myself

Made a trip to Hobby Lobby (I need to buy stock in that company) 
or start designing fabric for them. WOW, now that's a goal.....

Making a Red and White Quilt

No plan just pieced squares together

Making a Red and White Quilt for myself

I love the way it does this under my machine when I chain piece.

Making a Red and White Quilt for myself

9-Patches

Making a Red and White Quilt for myself

I cut so many squares did a pieced borders on each block.

 



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Monday, June 4, 2012

Barn Quilt on the Fence, Done

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The Wall is Finished 
3rd Block

We are really enjoying them 


Used 1/4" plywood, sanded just a bit, (I like seeing the texture of the wood) they measure 26" x 26", real barn quilts are huge. 
We taped off the size we liked on the fence before deciding, you will be surprised
how big it will need to be.

I'm using acrylic paints, a black paint marker to outline, (which no one will ever see)
and I did 3-4 coats of poly, on top, back and sides



No straight on photo, huge tree in the way ! 



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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

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It didn't take long and Husband had me a square of plywood. See other's

We used 1/4" plywood, sanded just a bit, (I like seeing the texture of the wood) they measure 26" x 26", real barn ones are huge. 
We taped off the size we liked on the fence before deciding, you will be surprised
how big it will need to be.

I'm using acrylic paints, a black paint marker to outline
and I did 3-4 coats of poly, on top, back and sides
Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it
How to make a Barn Quilt 

Barn Quilt for Our Fence

This was to be the pattern, BUT

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

it was just a bit boring, added the outsides

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

and then the center

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

Finished ready to hang !

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